Couples

Couples Counselling | Beaconsfield

My name is Gayle Creasey and I offer couples counselling near Odds Farm, just outside Beaconsfield.

I have trained with the International Centre for Clinical Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy.

All couples go through difficult times. Sometimes we get stuck in unhelpful patterns which can undermine the connection in our relationship. As a result, we can feel very lonely, frustrated and unhappy.

These are some of the difficulties which bring people to couples counselling:

What is Couples Counselling?

EFT focuses on the emotional connection between partners or spouses by:

de-escalating the conflict

creating a safe emotional connection

strengthening bonds between partners

Research studies find that 70-75% of couples receiving EFT move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvements.

When your relationship is working well, you will feel you have someone you can depend on to be there for you and someone who is responsive to you. With the support of a caring understanding partner, life’s problems become more bearable and your well-being will be good.

When your relationship is under stress, you and your partner will develop unhelpful patterns of managing the tension between you. These coping strategies can lead to endless arguments or problems bubbling away under the surface. Both strategies will increase the distance between you.

Couples counselling can help you understand yourself and your partner better . As a result, it will become easier to interact positively with one another. You will learn skills like de-escalating conflicts and keeping arguments healthy and constructive.

Above all, couples counselling can help you strengthen the foundation of your relationship through a deeper and more resilient emotional bond.

How I work:

I offer a safe space where both of you can feel listened to and valued and together we can explore what is happening in your relationship.

I do not take sides or offer ready made solutions to your situation. Instead, couples counselling can provide you with an opportunity to:

address stuck patterns and negative cycles in your relationship

make sense of your own emotions and those of your partner

learn more about your own and your partner’s inner world and emotional needs

develop deeper understanding, closeness and safety in the relationship

Everything discussed is strictly confidential and handled with warmth, care and sensitivity.

Couples counselling takes on average 12-20 sessions, depending on the level of couple distress and commitment to the relationship and the counselling itself.

Please be aware that recovering from an affair or when there is a history of trauma it is a more complex process and usually takes at least a year to complete couples counselling.

I offer daytime and evening sessions Mondays to Friday between 8am- 8pm.

Contacting Me

You are welcome to call me on 0794 1279177 to have a chat and ‘get a feel for me’. I can tell you more about how I work and practical things like my availability and cost and you might like to tell me about what you are hoping for from some sessions. You can then decide if you and your partner would like to come for an initial session so we can meet in person.